Daily Mile

Today was a great day!  My mom is visiting from California and we spent the morning shopping and then I went to the gym for some cardio.  I warmed up on the bike for a half hour and then headed to the treadmill.  After a mile and a half of running, I was feeling fantastic.  I walked for a quarter of a mile and then decided since my knee was feeling so solid, to run some more!  I am so excited for race day!  I can hardly wait!  But, I tell you what, I've been thrown every obstacle I can think of!  I've been hit with some major allergies and asthma today.  I will run this race and I will kill it!  Allergies, runner's knee, period and all!  Bring it! 

Warming up.

It feels good to get my heart rate up!

YAY!

3 miles

33:18

11:06 pace

Daily Mile

After heading to the gym to ride the cycle, I rode the blasted thing for fifteen minutes and then decided to brave the treadmill.  I ran for a mile and then ran and walked for another 1.31 miles.  I felt really great and my knee wasn't bothering me at all!  I also taped up my knee with some new KT tape pro.  This tape has held up since yesterday, which is much longer than the cotton KT tape.  

I went for a deep tissue massage yesterday and my glutes and IT bands were wicked tight, so it was crazy painful, but also crazy helpful!  I'm going back again next week for more punishment.  Every little thing is helping!  For the most part, I'm feeling solid and I'm SUPER excited to RUN!

You know I'm itching to run when the dreadmill was fun!

15 minutes stationary bike

2.31 miles

27:06

11:43 pace

Cross Training

Considering that on Wednesday I couldn't even walk up and down the stairs, the fact that today I'm 95% pain free is miraculous!  This morning I went to the gym and rode the stationary bike (can you say boring?).  I rode for 45 minutes and was thrilled to actually break a sweat for the first time all week!  I also did pull ups and some glute and hamstring work.  As long as my knee continues to feel better all day today, I'm going to do a test run tomorrow.  Feeling massively relieved at the moment.  I will continue to do my healing routine and work on strengthening.  Let's hope that my knee doesn't flare back up again!